The Book of Strange but True Science

Packed with hundreds of short articles about peculiar events and discoveries in science, this volume pairs pragmatic, commonsense explanations with surprising or outrageous revelations. The collection emphasizes real-world oddities as well as a few things that did not happen, presenting concise write-ups across many scientific angles. Chapter subjects explicitly include astronomy, consumer products, inventions, scientists, medicine, animals, fringe science, UFOs, and the human body. Over 300 articles range from 3D printing and quantum teleportation to the IQ test, the science of sleep, plate tectonics, antibiotics, and the curveball, and the book is a thick 632-page hardcover.